Hat-fastening device.



F. W. KRECH.-

HAT PASTENING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED sEPT.e,1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

FREDERICK W. KRECH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO IVI.FRED l DATTELZWEIG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 4

HAT-FnsTENING DEVICE'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913s To all whom t may concern Be it known that I,FREDERICK W. Kanon, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved hat fastening device and may beconsidered as an improvement over the device shown in my co-pendingapplication Serial No. 706,962, filed July 1, 1912. In the arrangementof this copending application a spring is connected between the point ofthe pin and the pin supporting structure. This spring is apt tointerfere with the proper insertion of the pin in the hair and theobject of my present invention is therefore to eliminate the spring fromthe end of the pin and to place it where it will not interfere withproper engagement of the pin with the hair.

Another object. is to provide a more improved mechanism for detachablyconnect ing the pin supporting structure to the hat and to adapt suchsupport-ing structure to receive and entirely inclose the spring whenthe pin is in so as to present a neat appearance.

Another object is to provide such construction that the supporting framecan be readily and quickly applied to a hat at any point andsufliciently secured thereto.

Referring to t-he drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1 showsa hat in section with two of the improved fastening devices appliedthereto; Fig. 2 is a view of one of the pins with the supporting framein section and showing the pin in its inner position; and Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing the pin pulled out.

Each device comprises a supporting structure S adapted for engagementwith a. hat, and a pin P for sliding through the supporting structure tobe brought into engagement with the hair. The supporting structure is inthe form of a short tube or sleeve 5 having the external threads 6 forreceiving outer and inner washer disks 7 and 8. The pin I extendsthrough the sleeve and is encircled by a tension spring 9 within thesleeve and secured atits inner end in an opening 10 through the sleeveand at its outer end is secured in a hole 11 provided through theflattened portion 12 of the pin. The outer end of the pin is threadedfor receiving a suitable head 13. Pin structures are provided atopposite sides of a hat, the hat being perforated at 14 and the pinstructures applied therethrough from the. outside after removal of theinner washersl 8. After such application the inner washers are appliedand the hat walls clamped between the washers. The springs t) normallyhold the pins inwardly with their heads inabutment with the outer endsof the sleeves and when the hat is to be worn, the opposite pins arepulled outwardly and the hat then applied to the head and the pinsreleased and guided into the hair, the springs then holding. the pins ininner position with the heads against the outer ends of the sleeves. Thesleeves should of course be of suflicient length to entirely accommodatethe springs when contracted so that no part of the spring will show. Atthe same time, the sleeves should not extend too great a distance intothe hat but should clear the wearers head. The sleeve therefore extendspartly within and partly without the hat and the outer section 5preferably remains unthreaded so as to give a neat appearance and theinner end of this portion forms an abutment for the outer washer againstwhich the hat wall can then be securely clamped by the inner washer. Theends of the pins P may be flattened or otherwise expanded to make theend more or less blunt and to prevent the pins from being entirelywithdrawn from their supporting sleeves. I thus provide fastening pinswhich can be readily and quickly applied to opposite sides of a hat andwhich coperate to efficient-ly hold the hat in place. The part of thepins outside of the hat are very neat in appearance and after the hathas been secured no springs will be visible.

I do not of course desire to be limited tothe precise construction andarrangement shown as changes and modifications would be possible whichwould still come within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I therefore claim the following:

In combination with the wall of a hat, of a tubular sleeve extendingthrough an aperture in said wall and having a threaded exterior, outerand inner washers having threaded engagement with said sleeve anddisposed Vmid-length thereof and clamping the hat wall between them tothus secure the sleeve to the wall, a pin slidable through said sleeveand terminating in a head at In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribeits outer end, and a spring encircling said my name this 3rd day ofSept., A. D., 1912-.

pin Within said sleeve and Connected With j said sleeve. and pin tendingt0 resist outward FREDERICK V KRECH' movement of said pin, said springbeing en- Vtnesses:

tireiy inelosed by said sleeve when said pin CHARLES J. SCHMIDT,

is in its innermost position. JOYCE M. LUTZ.

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Washington, D. C.

